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Chapter 18
"Whathavewehere?Anambushmenthasbeenplantedinthespot?No,bythetruestrifleonthefrontiers,herehavebeenthemone-sidedhorsesagain!Nowthewholesecretisout,andallisplainasthenorthstaratmidnight.Yes,heretheyhavemounted.Therethebeastshavebeenboundtoasapling,inwaiting;andyonderrunsthebroadpathawaytothenorth,infullsweepfortheCanadas."
"ButstilltherearenosignsofAlice—oftheyoungerMissMunro,"—saidDuncan.
"UnlesstheshiningbaubleUncashasjustliftedfromthegroundshouldproveone.Passitthisway,lad,thatwemaylookatit."
HeywardinstantlyknewitforatrinketthatAlicewasfondofwearing,andwhichherecollected,withthetenaciousmemoryofalover,tohaveseen,onthefatalmorningofthemassacre,danglingfromthefairneckofhismistress.Heseizedthehighlyprizedjewel;andasheproclaimedthefact,itvanishedfromtheeyesofthewonderingscout,whoinvainlookedforitontheground,longafteritwaswarmlypressedagainstthebeatingheartofDuncan.
"Pshaw!"saidthedisappointedHawkeye,ceasingtoraketheleaveswiththebreechofhisrifle;"’tisacertainsignofage,whenthesightbeginstoweaken.Suchaglitteringgewgaw,andnottobeseen!Well,well,Icansquintalongacloudedbarrelyet,andthatisenoughtosettlealldisputesbetweenmeandtheMingos
